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38 W I L M E T T E L I F E May 13, 1937 T H I S W E E K IN W A S H I N G T O N B y R a l p h E . C h u r c h , Representative 10th Congressional ( N o r t h Shore) D i s t r i c t Washington, D . C , M a y 8--Most of t h e t e s t i m o n y before t h e S e n a t e J u d i c i a r y C o m m i t t e e w a s repetitious, X o doubt it was w e a r i s o m e to the c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s to l i s t e n to w i t ness after witness say p r a c t i c a l l y the same t h i n g as the p r e c e d i n g witness, X o doubt also it has been tiresome to the p u b l i c w h o have seen the press accounts. X e v e r t h e l e s s , the e x t e n d e d hearings over the w e e k s have h a d a value w h i c h g r e a t l y o u t - w e i g h s d i s advantages. In the first place, there has been r I i,,.,,o p n o r t u n i t y for m a t u r e d e l i b e r a t i o n . X> . . i r>^,,t:,,,. T h e r e is no g r e a t e r value. 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